WEST CORK: €10 million extension for St Brogan’s College, Bandon

top of page 14 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Cork Education and Training Board has been given the green light by the Department of Education and Skills for an extension to St. Brogan’s College, Bandon, which will see the school expand to cater for 1,000 students. Cork ETB Chief Executive Denis Leamy said this... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, EDUCATION, NEWS

14th May, 2020

Douglas community spirit during COVID-19

top of page 14 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Community spirit is alive and well in Douglas with local community and voluntary groups working hard to ensure that everyone in their community is being well looked after. Working alongside the Cork City Community Response Forum (CRF), the groups are delivering key services to those... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, HEALTH, NEWS

14th May, 2020

Show me a 5km circle on a map

top of page 14 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie How to calculate where you can exercise in Ireland during the COVID19 (ever decreasing) lockdown’? Since Tuesday 5th May people in Ireland have been able to exercise within 5km from their homes. This marked an expansion from the previous 2km which applied for all of... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH, NEWS

13th May, 2020

CORK HISTORY: There is still an ‘Earl of Cork’ also known as ‘Lord Cork’ who sits in the British House of Lords

top of page 13 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie There is still a living person who has the title ‘Earl of Cork’ The title now has no political power in Ireland, so from a Cork perspective, it’s just an interesting part of history. Much like someone have a surname relating to a placename, that... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

13th May, 2020

Posh Knightrider actor Edward Mulhare (Devon Miles) was born in Cork City, Ireland

top of page 13 May 2020 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Edward Mulhare (8 April 1923 – 24 May 1997) was an Irish actor whose career spanned five decades. He is best known for his starring roles in Knight Rider. He acted with a British accent so his origins were not well publicised for many years,... Read More

AREA: CORK CITY, AREA: SOUTH CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

13th May, 2020

How far can I exercise near my home?

top of page 13 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie How to calculate where you can exercise in Ireland during the COVID19 (ever decreasing) lockdown’? Since Tuesday 5th May people in Ireland have been able to exercise within 5km from their homes. This marked an expansion from the previous 2km which applied for all of... Read More

NEWS

13th May, 2020

New website to promote Ballyhoura has been launched @BallyhouraDev @Ballyhoura

top of page 13 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Ballyhoura Country launched its new tourism website – VisitBallyhoura.com – on Thursday 7th May via Facebook Live Stream, and it was a very positive morning for the region and local tourism sector. The launch consisted of a presentation prepared by Jana Mannion, Ballyhoura Tourism Marketing... Read More

AREA: NORTH CORK, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

13th May, 2020

Childcare during COVID-19 needs urgent solution – warns Cork Labour TD @SeanSherlockTD

top of page 13 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Responding to the collapse of the childcare scheme for frontline healthcare workers, Labours Seán Sherlock said: “The collapse of the childcare scheme for healthcare workers shows the shambolic approach of the government and contrasts sharply with the premature comments today from Taoiseach about reopening schools... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, EDUCATION, HEALTH, LABOUR, NEWS, POLITICS

13th May, 2020

Tourist friendly Kinsale planning Comeback after COVID-19

top of page 13 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Kinsale’s response plan to help alleviate the impacts of COVID-19 are well underway following the announcement of an ambitious and very carefully thought out “Kinsale Comeback Campaign”. Kinsale has proven itself to be a resilient and successful tourism destination over the years. The mix of... Read More

AREA: WEST CORK, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS

13th May, 2020

Sinn Féin call for new supports for SMEs through grants and a €2bn Back to Business Loan Scheme

top of page 13 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Sinn Féin’s Pat Buckley TD has called for additional supports for SMEs in Cork East. Today Sinn Féin wrote to the Minister for Finance and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation outlining their proposals. They include an extension of the commercial rates break, a new... Read More

AREA: EAST CORK, BUSINESS, NEWS, POLITICS, SINN FÉIN

13th May, 2020

The Green Party will be in the next Government

top of page 13 May 2020 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie There is a well-known maxim that “you can’t beat the house”; it refers to the ideas that the operators of gambling services know their business so well they rarely lose. Well, if we are to believe the bookmakers then the next Government will be made... Read More

FIANNA FAIL, FINE GAEL, GREEN PARTY, NEWS, POLITICS